Intelligent Performance Solutions

Predictive Analytics for

Pumps, Valves and Seals

Experience In Motion
Driving step change in reliability

The Flowserve IPS suite of products, software and services helps plant reliability
engineers, operators, and maintenance personnel not only monitor but also
predict equipment and system behavior in order to take prompt actions to
prevent unplanned downtime. Actions to sharply improve reliability and efficiency.
To resolve problems with fast, targeted and efficient maintenance. To keep
people and equipment safe. To apply predictive intelligence to prevent problems
long before they can affect your operations. To provide the deep understanding
and recommend actions that improve how you run your operations.

Reduce unneeded downtime and maintenance. If a pump can wait for

maintenance, let it wait. Don’t tear down a pump in a turnaround if you can
avoid it; at a minimum, go immediately to what needs repairs. When you see
signs of trouble, that’s when you take action—and avoid unplanned downtime
and wasted efforts.

Reduce maintenance costs. Zero in quickly on the root cause of the problem.
In some past cases, maintenance might have fixed a vibrating pump, put it back in
service, but saw the problem return without a true understanding of its root cause.
Now, you can diagnose and quickly treat the issue. Flowserve has the parts, tools
and expertise to help you fix it properly—the first time.

Increase energy efficiency. Optimum pump efficiency can be elusive. If

some pumps are just slightly off their best efficiency points, their performance
can quickly deteriorate, their energy demand increase, and their time to failure or
repair can drop dramatically. But now you can know where all your units are on
the pump operating curve—and how to optimize them for maximum efficiency.

Improve safety. Reduce the time your people spend in higher-risk areas. You know
exactly where the problem is and what it will take to fix it. Give your maintenance
staff the right parts, tools and instructions they need to get in, make the repair
and get out. It’s how you limit high-risk hours in controlled areas of the plant.

Use your existing infrastructure. The Flowserve IPS approach is built on

an open platform, i.e., it will work with your existing systems and processes.
Our system can also support equipment from nearly any manufacturer.
How knowledge drives action

Predict

Flowserve provides superior

Optimize failure mode detection, true root
cause analysis, and can even
You can optimize your turn- predict the remaining service
Act arounds or outages by having life of your critical assets.
better insight on which Using applied engineering
Know Flowserve provides real-time equipment needs maintenance, models, machine learning,
monitoring capabilities, built which procedures need to be and advanced analytics,
Imagine having your equipment on a foundation of engineering undertaken, and which parts you’ll know whether to take
tell you if there is a problem models derived from decades or tools might be required. action or when to call in
you need to be worried about. of experience in the industry. Knowing this ahead of time Flowserve experts to assist.
Pressure, temperature, vibration, You will quickly know what will help you be more efficient. You’ll protect critical assets
run time, and even when main- needs to be repaired, and can Get your units operating at their from unplanned failures—
tenance needs to occur—all of send an engineer or technician best efficiency and thereby and take uptime, reliability,
this can be captured and you directly to the trouble spot— reduce your energy costs. efficiency and productivity to
will be notified when attention is or in some cases you’ll simply Flowserve not only provides new heights.
required. Flowserve gives you need to monitor the asset services to fix your problems
improved visibility into equipment: while continuing operations. at any level, but also helps you
where you can now access perfor- You can order spare parts you manage your assets to their
mance data and alerts anywhere, know you’ll need. And you’ll highest levels.
any time. You can look at symptoms only need to fix what you know
and know the root cause of a needs fixing, saving both time
potential problem—before it and money.
occurs. And with that precise
knowledge, you can prepare
the necessary parts, tools and
resources you’ll need to take action.
 The Flowserve Approach

Products Software Service

Flowserve offers a range of IPS
products that continuously collect
and/or transmit your specified
performance data from any asset:
vibration, pressure, temperature,
flow rate, even the presence of
fluids: the real-time information
you need to understand your asset
performance and keep your
operations up and running.
The Flowserve approach to software is
unique in that we use proprietary engi-
neering models built on decades of OEM
experience, and layer on industry-leading
machine learning methods to provide
our customers with the best possible
combination of predictive analytics. Simply
stated, it’s the only software designed to
understand pumps, valves and seals: how
to diagnose their problems, learn from
their life cycles, predict their future working
life and, uniquely prescribe the steps to
take to fix them. It’s scalable software that
embraces open standards to make it easy
to use with existing infrastructure, ready
to work on any platform, from the plant
control room, to a maintenance technician’s
handheld, an engineer’s laptop or in
the cloud.
Take advantage of the largest
network of company-owned service
and parts manufacturing centers.
Flowserve experts can be called
upon when needed, and we can be
there quickly. We not only know how
to help you spot trouble; we can be
there to help you fix it. If you don’t
have the capacity, tools or skills
available, we can support you. You
can access Flowserve service at
any level, from individual solutions to
comprehensive consulting services
and longer-term service contracts.

Products to help you connect your assets and people.

Scalable, secure software to help you predict events.
And services to help you improve and maintain reliability.
Flowserve IoT technology,
services and capabilities

Plant Maintenance
IPS Insight delivers root
cause identification,
remaining run time and
digital record keeping

Optimized
preventative
Notify your team with
maintenance
email workflows

Valves
ValveSight™ predictive diagnostic
engine to monitor valve, actuator,
positioner and control signal Local data logging
for walk-around
maintenance teams

Pumps, Seals and Motors

IPS Beacons™, IPS Node, IPS Beacon Pulse,
Detect and APEX™ family of products

Both wired and wireless networks connect Access seal conditions

your plant assets reliably and securely with IPS Beacon Pulse
 Cloud Global Flowserve
Service Network
• World-class engineering capability
• Quick Response Centers
Cellular connectivity
• On-site application engineers
or VPN tunnel for
• Remote monitoring
enhanced security
• Technical assistance
• Global parts hubs for fast
availability of parts and seals

IPS receiver/repeater
to relay the signal and
boost connectivity

Plant Operations
and Planning
Stay connected with operations,
maintenance and reliability teams
to improve productivity and plant
performance. Integrate with the
plant historian.

Plant Maintenance Process Reliability

and Operations and Engineering
IPS Insight delivers
predictive analytics and
root cause determination,
improving reliability

Access long-term
performance records
IPS Mobile Insight™ to optimize
routes and sync to IPS Insight
Portal for further analysis
Getting you connected
and informed—
faster, smarter and
cost effectively
1. Assessment
• Assess processes
• Prioritize pumps
• Document reliability issues
• Define customer current
and future performance
requirements
The industrial internet and predictive analytics solutions from
Flowserve follow a step-by-step process for customers to
advance their existing capabilities to improve reliability using
technology. They provide the means to gather data through
the IPS family of monitoring devices, from the affordably
simple to the comprehensively smart. They also provide the
2. Data acquisition plan 3. Installation and
commissioning
• Technical model that establishes
monitoring levels • Install new or repurpose
existing monitoring
• System design
equipment and
• Select monitoring equipment infrastructure
• Local plant site or hosted cloud • Install wireless repeaters/
option routers as needed
• Utilize the default HMI design or • Software setup and
develop a custom one configuration
• Visualization, alarms/notifications • Customer training as
and mobile requirements gathering needed
software that transforms data into actionable online knowledge. They bring Flowserve
service capabilities to your operations. Online today, they are scalable at any level,
from monitoring a single pump at a single location to providing comprehensive
operational reliability services across an enterprise. And you can enter at any point,
and grow your online knowledge to match your needs. Below is our step-by-step
approach to improving reliability through data-based services.

4. Monitoring and 5. Long-term service

optimization
• Online data gathering and
understanding baselines
• Software configuration
• Mobile accessibility
and support
• Plant- and enterprise-wide
service agreements
• Engineering and asset
expertise and support

• Model and system • Value-added technical services

validation and refinement such as field and engineering
services, and training
IPS builds solutions for critical,
key and BOP systems.

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Critical Systems—5% Key Processes—15% Balance of Plant—80%

Flowserve offers a broad range of solutions specifically

designed for a broad range of applications. From
simple, cost-effective data loggers that can enhance
your route-based maintenance, to high-speed data
acquisition systems to monitor your critical flow
systems— and everything in between.

Technical model As you implement Flowserve IPS solutions, you grow

your capabilities by prioritizing on a need-to-know basis.
of monitoring Flowserve has developed the IPS lineup of offerings to align
both your costs and monitoring capabilities to the criticality
requirements of selected assets in your operations. From simple and highly
affordable local IPS Beacon data loggers, to the industry’s
most sophisticated intelligent monitoring, high-speed diag-
nostic system, the IPS APEX, Flowserve has the technical
model that matches your operational and reliability priorities,
balancing affordability with criticality.
IPS Family of Products

Condition Monitors Wireless Predictive Analysis

IPS Beacon 2 IPS Node IPS APEX

IPS Beacon Pulse IPS Multi-Port 103

IPS Detect

Economical, easy to install and Cost-effective, long-range wireless High-speed data acquisition and
maintain, with local data logging and data acquisition and transmission, predictive analytic capabilities for
short-range Bluetooth® wireless providing information for equipment flow control equipment.
and local visual alert capabilities to maintenance optimization and
optimize maintenance practices. condition monitoring.

IPS Mobile Insight IPS Insight Platform

Access real-time equipment performance data on
a handheld device, configure devices while in the
field, and upload field data to the cloud with the
touch of a button.
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Cloud-based or locally hosted platform leveraging
deep predictive analytics based on both OEM
engineering algorithms and machine learning to help
optimize system performance, better understand
potential failure modes, and help avoid unplanned

downtime. Not only can you now know when an asset

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The knowledge to
immediately improve
plant performance
and reliability
Flowserve is unique in this space. We’ve always
led the way in manufacturing and service. Now,
we’re taking the lead in creating new technologies
to detect, diagnose and optimize flow-related
equipment, giving customers end-to-end solutions
that improve the overall performance of their
operations. With our unmatched service capabilities,
we now have the technology to help our customers
detect and diagnose problems, and all the
resources, tools and knowledge it takes to solve
them. It’s a continuous effort to provide the best
possible solutions for our customers.

Learn how Flowserve can take on your toughest

pump reliability and productivity challenges today.

Contact a Flowserve service representative

near you to schedule a plant reliability and
performance assessment.

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